Reviews

Second Person Queer: Who You Are (So Far)

By Richard LaBonté and Lawrence Schimel, eds.

The introduction of Second Person Queer, the companion to the Lambda Award-winning First Person Queer, informs readers that the new volume is meant to be “a mirror of who you are, or perhaps the person ... Read More »

July 3, 2009 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Science, Technology & Environment

What the Thunder Said: Reflections of a Canadian Officer in Kandahar

By Lt.-Col. John Conrad

What the Thunder Said, Lt.-Col. John Conrad’s account of his six-month tour in Kandahar, introduces us to new perspectives on the Canadian experience in Afghanistan, and contains the foundations of a better understanding of that ... Read More »

July 3, 2009 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, History

Why Your World Is About to Get a Whole Lot Smaller

By Jeff Rubin

For more than 20 years, Jeff Rubin has been known as one of Canada’s top economists, and a major voice for the energy sector. In Why Your World Is About to Get a Whole Lot ... Read More »

July 3, 2009 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Politics & Current Affairs

French Taste: Elegant Everyday Eating

By Laura Calder

Like her Food Network cooking show, French Food at Home, Laura Calder’s second cookbook, French Taste, is, in essence, a primer on basic Gallic cooking aimed at people who are intimidated by the kitchen. Detractors ... Read More »

July 3, 2009 | Filed under: Food & Drink

One-Pot French: More than 100 Easy, Authentic Recipes

By Jean-Pierre Challet

July 3, 2009 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Food & Drink

True Patriot Love: Four Generations in Search of Canada

By Michael Ignatieff

In the author’s note that introduces True Patriot Love, writer, public intellectual, and current Leader of the Official Opposition Michael Ignatieff claims that the man who began writing this book in 2000 is essentially the ... Read More »

July 3, 2009 | Filed under: History

The Sheikh’s Batmobile: In Pursuit of American Pop Culture in the Muslim World

By Richard Poplak

Contemporary cultural criticism and immersive journalism often take the form of a road trip, albeit to places a little off the tourist track. In The Sheikh’s Batmobile, author Richard Poplak scores some heavy frequent-flier miles ... Read More »

July 3, 2009 | Filed under: Art, Music & Pop Culture

Murder Without Borders: Dying for the Story in the World’s Most Dangerous Places

By Terry Gould

When one hears of a journalist dying in pursuit of a story, one immediately imagines some strafed and cratered combat zone. But as investigative writer Terry Gould is quick to point out in his new ... Read More »

July 3, 2009 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Wildlives

By Monique Proulx; David Homel and Fred A. Reed, trans.

Monique Proulx’s work might best be described as curiously flawed fiction filled with prose of inflated exuberance. Wildlives, her new novel, is no exception. With each new chapter we are gradually introduced to a densely ... Read More »

July 3, 2009 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Grave Doubts

By John Moss

John Moss introduced his detective duo, David Morgan and Miranda Quin, in last year’s Still Waters. They were an appealing team, navigating the bounds of professional partnership and personal involvement, more prone to banter and ... Read More »